In regards with question 6, this play depends heavily on the use of stage directions. First lets look at the fight scene in scene one (near lines 26). Rod. stabs towards Cassio but fails, then Cassio stabs Rod., Rod. claims that he's dying and Iago preforms a sneak attack from behind. Now without stage directions the reader would assume that Rod. was dead and Cassio died from fright or because there's a ghost. I think the heavy use of stage directions somewhat shows the tone of the play. The entire cast (with the exception of Iago) is blinded from what is truly going on, just as the reader is blinded to what is truly going on without the stage directions.
Also the final scene where Othello dies (line 354) it's kind of hard to read through the flowery language to realize what he's doing (at least for me). So the stage directions really helped.
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